Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent Getty Images Aung San Suu Kyi was ousted from office and arrested in 2021, after the military sized power As of Wednesday the Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi will have spent a total of 20 years in detention in Myanmar, five of them since her government was overthrown […]
Continue ReadingReha Kansara and Ghoncheh HabibiazadBBC News and BBC Persian Getty Images The latest protests in Iran began at the end of December following the collapse of the currency but have widened into demands for political change Starlink has reportedly waived monthly subscription payments for users inside Iran after its government shut down the internet last […]
Continue ReadingWatch: “Fundamental disagreement” with US over Greenland remains, says Danish foreign minister Denmark’s foreign minister has said there is a “fundamental disagreement” with the US over Greenland after talks at the White House. Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the meeting with Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday had been “frank but […]
Continue ReadingTSGT Scott Reed, USAF Al-Udeid is the largest US military base in the Middle East The US and UK are reducing the number of personnel at the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar, as US President Donald Trump considers whether to take action against Iran over its crackdown on anti-government protests. Officials have told CBS, the […]
Continue ReadingSarah Namjoo and Roja AssadiBBC Persian User generated content Protesters march through Kashani, Tehran, on 8 January Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of death and injury Heading home after joining a protest in Tehran on 8 January, Reza put his arms around his wife Maryam to protect her. “Suddenly, I felt my arm go […]
Continue ReadingDramatic video shows a paraglider fall nearly 500ft (152m) into the into ocean at Riviera Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida on 9 January. The Riviera Beach Police Department said the 52-year-old Pompano Beach man survived the incident, after his powered paraglider malfunctioned and crashed off Singer Island. “The windward wayfarer was not injured and […]
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration is placing an indefinite pause on immigrant visa processing from 75 countries, further restricting the legal routes for entering the US. The State Department on Wednesday said the administration wants to bring “an end to the abuse” of the system “by those who would extract wealth from the American people” by using […]
Continue ReadingMark PoyntingClimate researcher Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The California fires of January 2025 were one of the most expensive weather-related disasters in US history Global temperatures in 2025 did not quite reach the heights of 2024, thanks to the cooling influence of the natural La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific, new data from […]
Continue ReadingAPP/NurPhoto via Getty Images Across North Africa, the Amazigh people have been coming together to usher in the year 2976. They have, unfortunately, not cracked time travel. Rather, they are almost a thousand years ahead of much of the world because they follow a calendar that starts at 950 BC, when King Sheshonq ascended the […]
Continue ReadingCanada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is en route to China for a pivotal visit aimed at resetting ties with Beijing and finding new economic opportunities for his country outside the US. It will not be an easy task, with pressure on Canada to balance its goal of diversifying trade without risking damage to its relationship […]
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